First settled in the early 1800s, York Region was both a farming and industrial centre in the "Golden Horseshoe". Now a largely suburban community, with lots of rural open spaces, York Region stretches north toward Lake Simcoe. The York Region has several wonderful Conservation Areas with unusual natural features.

The Okanagan-Shuswaps is a string of modest population centres along the #1 Transportation-Canada Highway (Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Revelstoke) along with several communites along Highway #97 along Lake Okanagan: Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton. Each has its own municipal government, which are linked on our site.

Here are all the email contacts for your elected politicians.

Local not-for-profits groups, sports leagues, churches and other religious organizations are welcome to add themselves to our FREE LISTINGS and post news, events, and volunteer opportunities.

There is now way for us to use all of our images in our various stories and editorial on our web site. We want make our images widely accessible. Use our handy searchable Image Gallery to find local photos. Use the Travel-Maps to get local maps for a particular feature, too. Images may be used for educational use (by teachers and students) or by non-profits at no cost, so long we we have a Photo Credit and a link back to this FoundLocally.com. Businesses must receive prior permission IN WRITING for use of images.